Exhibit
10.2
EXECUTION COPY
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT
BY AND
BETWEEN
MISCOR GROUP,
LTD.,
TONTINE CAPITAL PARTNERS,
L.P.
AND
TONTINE CAPITAL OVERSEAS
MASTER FUND, L.P.
JANUARY 18, 2007
TABLE OF
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ARTICLE
1
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Definitions
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ARTICLE
2
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Registration
Rights
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3
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2.1
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Current Public
Information
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2.2
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Registration.
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2.3
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Demand
Registration
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4
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2.4
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Piggyback
Registration.
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2.5
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Underwriting;
Holdback Agreements.
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2.6
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Registration
Procedures
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2.7
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Conditions
Precedent to Company’s Obligations Pursuant to this
Agreement
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2.8
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Fees and
Expenses
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2.9
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Indemnification.
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2.10
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Participation
in Registrations.
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2.11
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Compliance
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ARTICLE
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Transfers of
Certain Rights
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3.1
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Transfer
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3.2
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Transferees
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3.3
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Subsequent
Transferees
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ARTICLE
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Miscellaneous
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4.1
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Recapitalizations, Exchanges, etc
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4.2
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No Inconsistent
Agreements
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4.3
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Amendments and
Waivers
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4.4
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Severability
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4.5
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Counterparts
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4.6
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Notices
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4.7
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Governing
Law
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4.8
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Forum; Service
of Process
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4.9
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Captions
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4.10
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No
Prejudice
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4.11
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Words in
Singular and Plural Form
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4.12
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Remedy for
Breach
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4.13
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Successors and
Assigns, Third Party Beneficiaries
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4.14
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Entire
Agreement
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4.15
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Attorneys’ Fees
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4.16
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Termination of
Rights
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT
This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of
January 18, 2007, is entered into by and between MISCOR GROUP,
LTD., an Indiana corporation (the “ Company
”), TONTINE CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership (“ TCP ” or a “
Purchaser ”) and TONTINE CAPITAL OVERSEAS
MASTER FUND, L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership
( a “
Purchaser ” and together
with TCP, the “ Purchasers
”) .
RECITALS:
A. The Company desires to issue and sell
62,500,000 shares of its Common Stock to the Purchasers as set
forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of January 18,
2007, entered into by and between the Company and the Purchasers
(the “ Securities Purchase Agreement
”);
B. It is a condition precedent to the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by the Securities Purchase
Agreement that the Company provide for the rights set forth in this
Agreement; and
C. Certain terms used in this Agreement are
defined in Article 1 hereof.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
foregoing premises and the mutual covenants and agreements
hereinafter contained, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto
hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE
1
Definitions
“ Affiliate ” means
any Person that directly or indirectly controls, or is under
control with, or is controlled by such Person. As used in this
definition, “control” (including with its correlative
meanings, “controlled by” and “under common
control with”) shall mean the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management or policies of a Person (whether through ownership of
securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract
or otherwise).
“ Business Day ”
means any day excluding Saturday, Sunday or any other day which is
a legal holiday under the laws of the State of Indiana or is a day
on which banking institutions therein located are authorized or
required by law or other governmental action to close.
“ Closing Date ” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in the Securities Purchase
Agreement.
“ Common Stock ”
means the common stock, no par value per share, of the
Company.
“ Company ” has the
meaning set forth in the preamble.
“ Demand Notice ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 .
“ Designated Holders
” means the Purchasers and any qualifying transferees of the
Purchasers under Section 3.1 hereof who hold
Registrable Securities.
“ Effectiveness Date
” means (a) with respect to the initial Registration
Statement required to be filed under Section 2.2(a) ,
the earlier of: (i) the first anniversary of the Closing Date, and
(ii) the fifth trading day following the date on which the Company
is notified by the SEC that the initial Registration Statement will
not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and
comments, and (b) with respect to any additional Registration
Statements that may be required pursuant to
Section 2.2(b) , the earlier of (i) the 120
th day following (x) if such Registration Statement is
required because the SEC shall have notified the Company in writing
that certain Registrable Securities were not eligible for inclusion
on a previously filed Registration Statement, the date or time on
which the SEC shall indicate as being the first date or time that
such Registrable Securities may then be included in a Registration
Statement, or (y) if such Registration Statement is required for a
reason other than as described in (x) above, the date on which the
Company first knows, or reasonably should have known, that such
additional Registration Statement(s) is required, and (ii) the
fifth trading day following the date on which the Company is
notified by the SEC that such additional Registration Statement
will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and
comment.
“ Effectiveness Period
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a)
.
“ Exchange Act ”
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
“ Filing Date
” means (a) with respect to
the initial Registration Statement required to be filed under
Section 2.2(a) , the date which is six months following
the Closing Date, and (b) with respect to any additional
Registration Statements that may be required pursuant to
Section 2.2(b) , the 45 th day following (x)
if such Registration Statement is required because the SEC shall
have notified the Company in writing that certain Registrable
Securities were not eligible for inclusion on a previously filed
Registration Statement, the date or time on which the SEC shall
indicate as being the first date or time that such Registrable
Securities may then be included in a Registration Statement, or (y)
if such Registration Statement is required for a reason other than
as described in (x) above, the date on which the Company first
knows, or reasonably should have known, that such additional
Registration Statement(s) is required.
“ Indemnified Party
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.9
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“ Losses ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.9 .
“ Majority Holders ”
means those Designated Holders holding a majority of the
Registrable Securities.
“ Person ” means any
individual, company, partnership, firm, joint venture, association,
joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization,
governmental body or other entity.
“ Piggyback Registration
” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.4 .
“ Purchasers ” has
the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Purchase Price”
has the meaning ascribed to such
term in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
“ Registrable Securities
” means, subject to the immediately following sentences,
(i) shares of Common Stock acquired by the Purchasers from the
Company pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement or, so long
as this Agreement is still in effect, any other shares of Common
Stock acquired by the Purchasers after the Closing Date, and (ii)
any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable, directly or
indirectly, with respect to the securities referred to in clause
(i) by way of stock dividend or stock split or
in connection
with a combination of shares, recapitalization, merger,
consolidation or other reorganization. In addition, any particular
shares of Common Stock constituting Registrable Securities will
cease to be Registrable Securities when they (x) have been
effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in
accordance with a Registration Statement covering them, (y) have
been sold to the public pursuant to Rule 144 (or by similar
provision under the Securities Act), or (z) are eligible for resale
under Rule 144(k) (or by similar provision under the Securities
Act) without any limitation on the amount of securities that may be
sold under paragraph (e) thereof.
“ Registration Statement
” means a registration statement on Form S-3 (or, if the
Company is not eligible to use Form S-3, such other appropriate
registration form of the SEC pursuant to which the Company is
eligible to register the resale of Registrable Securities) filed by
the Company under the Securities Act which covers any of the
Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement, including the prospectus, amendments and supplements to
such registration statement, including post-effective amendments,
all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference in such
registration statement, which shall permit the Purchasers to offer
and sell, on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415
under the Securities Act, the Registrable Securities.
“ register ,”
“ registered ” and “
registration ” each shall refer to a
registration effected by preparing and filing a registration
statement or statements or similar documents in compliance with the
Securities Act and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of
such registration statement(s) or documents by the SEC.
“ Representatives ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.9 .
“ Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 promulgated by the SEC pursuant
to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to
time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the
SEC having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
“ Rule 415 ” means Rule 415 promulgated by the SEC pursuant
to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to
time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the
SEC having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
“ SEC ” means the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any other
federal agency at the time administering the Securities
Act.
“ Securities Act ”
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
“ Securities Purchase
Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals.
ARTICLE
2
Registration
Rights
2.1 Current Public Information
. The Company covenants that it will
use its best efforts to file all reports required to be filed by it
under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the
SEC thereunder, and will use its reasonable best efforts to take
such further action as the Designated Holders may reasonably
request, all to the extent required to enable the Designated
Holders to sell Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule
144A adopted by the SEC under the Securities Act or any similar
rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC. The Company shall,
upon the request of a Designated Holder, deliver to such Designated
Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such
requirements during the twelve month period immediately preceding
the date of such request.
(a) On or prior to each Filing Date, the Company
shall prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement
covering the resale of all Registrable Securities not already
covered by an existing and effective Registration Statement for an
offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. The
Registration Statement shall provide for the resale from time to
time, and pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally
available by the Designated Holders of any and all Registrable
Securities. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to
cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective under the
Securities Act as soon as possible but, in any event, no later than
its Effectiveness Date, and shall use its reasonable best efforts
to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective,
supplemented and amended to the extent necessary to ensure that is
available for the resale of all Registrable Securities by the
Designated Holders and that it conforms in all material respects to
the requirements of the Securities Act during the entire period
beginning on the Effectiveness Date and ending on the date on which
all Registrable Securities have ceased to be Registrable
Securities. (the “ Effectiveness Period
” ).
(b) If for any reason the SEC does not permit all
of the Registrable Securities to be included in a Registration
Statement filed pursuant to Section 2.2(a) or for any
other reason all Registrable Securities then outstanding are not
then included in such an effective Registration Statement, then the
Company shall prepare and file as soon as reasonably possible after
the date on which the SEC shall indicate as being the first date or
time that such filing may be made, but in any event by the Filing
Date therefore, an additional Registration Statement covering the
resale of all Registrable Securities not already covered by an
existing and effective Registration Statement for an offering to be
made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. Each such
Registration Statement shall provide for the resale from time to
time, and pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally
available by the Designated Holders of any and all Registrable
Securities. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to
cause each such Registration Statement to be declared effective
under the Securities Act as soon as possible but, in any event, no
later than its Effectiveness Date, and shall use its reasonable
best efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously
effective under the Securities Act during the entire Effectiveness
Period.
(c) The Company may, at any time it is eligible to
do so, file a post-effective amendment on Form S-3 to any
Registration Statement on Form S-1 for the resale of any then
existing Registrable Securities or in any such other manner as is
preferred or permitted by the SEC to convert such Registration
Statement to a Form S-3 Registration Statement. Upon the
effectiveness of such Form S-3 Registration Statement, all
references to a Registration Statement in this Agreement shall then
automatically be deemed to be a reference to the Form S-3
Registration Statement.
2.3 Demand Registration . In addition to the registration obligations
of the Company set forth in Section 2.2 herein, the
following provisions shall apply:
(a) Subject to Section 2.3(i) , upon
the written request of the Majority Holders, requesting that the
Company effect the registration under the Securities Act of all or
part of such Designated Holders’ Registrable Securities and
specifying the intended method of disposition thereof (the “
Demand Notice ”), the Company will promptly
give written notice of such requested registration to all
Designated Holders, and thereupon the Company will use its
reasonable best efforts to file with the SEC as soon as reasonably
practicable following the Demand Notice (but in no event later than
the date that is 90 days after the Demand Notice) a Registration
Statement. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to
cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective by the
SEC within 90 days after the initial filing of the Registration
Statement. The Company shall include in such Registration
Statement:
(i) the Registrable Securities which the Company
has been so requested to be registered by such Designated Holders
for disposition in accordance with the intended method of
disposition stated in such request;
(ii) all other Registrable Securities the holders of
which shall have made a written request to the Company for
registration thereof within 30 days after the giving of such
written notice by the Company (which request shall specify the
intended method of disposition of such Registrable Securities);
and
(iii) all shares of Common Stock which the Company or
Persons entitled to exercise “piggy-back” registration
rights pursuant to contractual commitments of the Company may elect
to register in connection with the offering of Registrable
Securities pursuant to this Section 2.3 ;
all to the
extent requisite to permit the disposition (in accordance with the
intended methods thereof as aforesaid) of the Registrable
Securities and the additional shares of Common Stock, if any, so to
be registered; provided, that, the provisions of this
Section 2.3 shall not require the Company to effect
more than two registrations of Registrable Securities.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not be required to
effect a registration pursuant to this Section 2.3
within 180 days following the effective date of a registration
statement filed by the Company in accordance with
Sections 2.2 , 2.3 or 2.4 for the account
of another Designated Holder of Registrable Securities if the
Designated Holders were afforded the opportunity to include the
Registrable Securities in such registration.
(c) The registrations under this
Section 2.3 shall be on an appropriate Registration
Statement that permits the disposition of such Registrable
Securities in accordance with the intended methods of distribution
specified by the Majority Holders in their request for
registration. The Company agrees to include in any such
Registration Statement all information which Designated Holders of
Registrable Securities being registered shall reasonably request to
effect the registration.
(d) A registration requested pursuant to this
Section 2.3 shall not be deemed to have been effected
(i) unless a Registration Statement with respect thereto has become
effective; provided, that a Registration Statement which does not
become effective after the Company has filed a Registration
Statement with respect thereto solely by reason of the refusal to
proceed of the Majority Holders (other than a refusal to proceed
based upon the advice of counsel relating to a matter with respect
to the Company) or because of a breach of this Agreement by any
Designated Holder shall be deemed to have been effected by the
Company at the request of the Majority Holders unless the
Designated Holders electing to have Registrable Securities
registered pursuant to such Registration Statement shall have
elected to pay all fees and expenses otherwise payable by the
Company in connection with such registration pursuant to
Section 2.8 , (ii) if, after it has become effective,
such registration is withdrawn by the Company (other than at the
request of the Majority Holders) or interfered with by any stop
order, injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC or other
governmental agency or court for any reason prior to the expiration
of a 180 day period following such Registration Statement’s
effectiveness, or (iii) if the conditions to closing specified in
any purchase agreement or underwriting agreement entered into in
connection with such registration are not satisfied, other than due
solely to some act or omission by the Designated Holders electing
to have Registrable Securities registered pursuant to such
Registration Statement.
(e) Intentionally Omitted.
(f) If a requested registration pursuant to this
Section 2.3 involves an underwritten offering, and the
managing underwriter shall advise the Company in writing (with a
copy to each Designated Holder of Registrable Securities requesting
registration) that, in its opinion, the number of securities
requested to be included in such registration (including securities
of the Company which are not Registrable Securities) exceeds the
number which can be sold in such offering within a price range
reasonably acceptable to the Company and to the holders of a
majority (by number of shares) of the Registrable Securities
requested to be included in such Registration Statement, the
Company will include in such registration, to the extent of the
number which the Company is so advised can be sold in such
offering, (i) first, the Registrable Securities which have been
requested to be included in such registration by the Designated
Holders pursuant to this Agreement (pro rata based on the amount of
Registrable Securities sought to be registered by such Persons),
(ii) second, provided that no securities sought to be included by
the Designated Holders have been excluded from such registration,
the securities of other Persons entitled to exercise
“piggy-back” registration rights pursuant to
contractual commitments of the Company (pro rata based on the
amount of securities sought to be registered by such Persons) and
(iii) third, securities the Company proposes to
register.
(g) The Company shall use its reasonable best
efforts to keep any Registration Statement filed pursuant to this
Section 2.3 continuously effective (i) for a period of
two years after the Registration Statement first becomes effective,
plus the number of days during which such Registration Statement
was not effective or usable pursuant to Sections
2.6(e) or 2.6(i) ; or (ii) if such Registration
Statement related to an underwritten offering, for such period as
in the opinion of counsel for the underwriters a prospectus is
required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of
Registrable Securities by an underwriter or dealer. In the event
the Company shall give any notice pursuant to
Sections 2.6(e) or (i) , the additional time
period mentioned in Section 2.3(f)(i) during which the
Registration Statement is to remain effective shall be extended by
the number of days during the period from and including the date of
the giving of such notice pursuant to Sections 2.6(e)
or (i) to and including the date when each seller of a
Registrable Security covered by the Registration Statement shall
have received the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus
contemplated by Sections 2.6(e) or (i)
.
(h) The Company shall have the right at any time,
to suspend the filing of a Registration Statement under this
Section 2.3 or require that the Designated Holders of
Registrable Securities suspend further open market offers and sales
of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement
filed hereunder for a period not to exceed an aggregate of 30 days
in any six month period or an aggregate of 60 days in any
twelve-month period for valid business reasons (not including
avoidance of their obligations hereunder) (i) to avoid premature
public disclosure of a pending corporate transaction, including
pending acquisitions or divestitures of assets, mergers and
combinations and similar events; (ii) upon the occurrence of any of
the events specified in Section 2.6(e) , until the time
that the Designated Holders receive copies of a supplement or
amendment to the prospectus included in the applicable Registration
Statement as contemplated in Section 2.6(e) ; and (iii)
upon the occurrence of any of the events specified in
Section 2.6(i) , until the time the Company notifies
the Designated Holders in writing that such suspension is no longer
effective.
(i) The right of Designated Holders to register
Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 2.3 is
only exercisable if, prior to the expiration of the Effectiveness
Period, the Company becomes ineligible to register the Registrable
Securities on the Registration Statement contemplated by
Section 2.2 or such Registration Statement otherwise
becomes unusable (other than due solely to some act or omission by
the Designated Holders electing to have Registrable Securities
registered pursuant to such Registration Statement) or ineffective
and the Company is not able to correct the misstatements, have the
applicable stop order rescinded or otherwise restore the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement as contemplated by this
Agreement.
2.4 Piggyback Registration .
(a) Whenever the Company proposes to register any
of its securities under the Securities Act (other than pursuant to
a registration pursuant to Section 2.2 or
Section 2.3 or a registration on Form S-4 or S-8 or any
successor or similar forms) and the registration form to be used
may be used for the registration of Registrable Securities, whether
or not for sale for its own account, the Company will give prompt
written notice (but in no event less than 30 days before the
anticipated filing date) to all Designated Holders (other than
Designated Holders all of whose Registrable Securities are then
covered by an effective Registration Statement), and such notice
shall describe the proposed registration and distribution and offer
to all such Designated Holders the opportunity to register the
number of Registrable Securities as each such Designated Holder may
request. The Company will include in such registration statement
all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has
received written requests for inclusion therein within 15 days
after the Designated Holders’ receipt of the Company’s
notice (a “ Piggyback Registration
”).
(b) The Company shall use its reasonable best
efforts to cause the managing underwriter or underwriters of a
proposed underwritten offering involving a Piggyback Registration
to permit the Registrable Securities requested to be included in a
Piggyback Registration to be included on the same terms and
conditions as any similar securities of the Company or any other
security holder included therein and to permit the sale or other
disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the
intended method of distribution thereof.
(c) Any Designated Holder shall have the right to
withdraw its request for inclusion of its Registrable Securities in
any Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 2.4
by giving written notice to the Company of its request to withdraw;
provided, that in the event of such withdrawal (other than pursuant
to Section 2.4(e) hereof, the Company shall not be
required to reimburse such Designated Holder for the fees and
expenses referred to in Section 2.8 hereof incurred by
such Designated Holder prior to such withdrawal, unless such
withdrawal was due to a material adverse change to the Company. The
Company may withdraw a Piggyback Registration at any time prior to
the time it becomes effective.
(d) If (i) a Piggyback Registration involves an
underwritten offering of the securities being registered, whether
or not for sale for the account of the Company, to be distributed
(on a firm commitment basis) by or through one or more underwriters
of recognized standing under underwriting terms appropriate for
such a transaction, and (ii) the managing underwriter of such
underwritten offering shall inform the Company and Designated
Holders requesting such registration by letter of its belief that
the distribution of all or a specified number of such Registrable
Securities concurrently with the securities being distributed by
such underwriters would interfere with the successful marketing of
the securities being distributed by such underwriters (such writing
to state the basis of such belief and the approximate number of
such Registrable Securities which may be distributed without such
effect), then the Company will be required to include in such
registration only the amount of securities which it is so advised
should be included in such registration. In such event: (x) in
cases initially involving the registration for sale of securities
for the Company’s own account, securities shall be registered
in such offering in the following order of priority: (i) first, the
securities which the Company proposes to register, and (ii) second,
Registrable Securities and securities which have been r